RefractorCoat™

Our RefractorCoat process is now located at our new factory in Wickford which is able to offer our unique RefractorCoat™ protective coating for Refractory metals. The coating provides a “diamond like” coating to stop oxidization at high temperatures in an air atmosphere.

RefractorCoat™ can be applied to Molybdenum, Tungsten, TZM, Niobium and Tantalum. It is especially effective on Molybdenum used in the glass industry (all types including quartz) as it does not “gas off” or discolour the glass. Electrode life can be extended by up to 10 times the normal life of an un-coated electrode.

RefractorCoat™ can withstand knocks and dents in every day use as unlike some coatings that are sprayed on, our coating is applied via a high temperature chemical deposition which will not crack, flake or peel under any conditions.

Our Technical Manager has been involved with disilicide coatings since 1976 using a similar method to protect the Rolls Royce RB211 aircraft engine protection shields and in the latter years (1980s) on the Concorde shields. This method is tried and tested, and it is this, that he has “finely tuned” to offer a thicker, harder, longer lasting coating that we are confident is the best on the market.

We can offer to supply/ fabricate/machine and coat any part to drawing, or just offer a coating service to your free issue parts. Please contact us to enquire if this service will help in any application you may have. We are happy to send you a FOC coated Molybdenum rod sample to trial and test.

We have now acquired a much bigger coating furnace to accommodate longer electrodes. This furnace is able to accept parts 1300mm long x 600mm wide x 900mm high.

We still have the smaller furnace to coat batches of less bigger dimensions thus keeping costs to a minimum for our customers.